moralizer

noun

Definition of moralizernext
1
as in preacher

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as in moralist

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Recent Examples of moralizer Fowler certainly was a moralizer, just maybe not in the way Jespersen meant. — Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moralizer
  1. preacher
  2. moralist
  3. lecturer
  4. puritan
  5. reader
  6. catechist
Noun
  • In the movie, a local brothel — the Devil’s Playhouse — becomes the target of a TV preacher, forcing the town’s sheriff, who happens to be a frequent customer, to save it.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The son of a former preacher, the South Carolina native grew up around music.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of preacher
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  • Twenty years ago, moralists tried to strong arm a Texas private school into removing Annie Proulx’s sensitive story Brokeback Mountain from its curriculum.
    — SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026
  • Carney is a moralist, a filmmaker of fidelity—and of renunciation, depicting the romantic near-misses and what-ifs that his characters leave behind.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
Definition of moralist
Noun
  • Chris McGowan, a lecturer of humanities at Yale, said developing critical thinking skills is essential.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Kokho Jason Sit, a marketing lecturer, wrote in The Conversation that the positive emotions aren’t really about the item itself.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of lecturer
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  • So this green dress with small spots and an oversized puritan collar was quite appropriate for its time.
    — Katherine J Igoe, InStyle, 1 July 2026
  • However, rather than blithely dismiss the consequences of legalization with eye-rolling contempt for the puritans, supporters should confront the adverse societal effects of cannabis — the pervasive urban stench, the traffic deaths and the pernicious effects on youth.
    — Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Definition of puritan
Noun
  • Podcasters and best-selling authors Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur take readers on a wild, world-wide adventure of main events, mostly sports of all kinds.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Lists are but a snapshot of an editor’s year in dining to help guide readers to their next meal.
    — Jamila Robinson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of reader
Noun
  • While women cannot be ordained as priests or deacons, they are not forbidden from teaching the faith as theologians, catechists and scholars.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
  • Lacchin was quietly transferred to a nearby mission; his driver and a catechist at Archer’s Post, Benjamin Ekwam, was chosen to marry Sabina.
    — Washington Post, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2019
Definition of catechist

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“Moralizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moralizer. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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